title: Multiple aneurysms in a seven-year-old child.
abstract: Arterial aneurysms, rarely encountered in childhood, pose difficult etiologic and therapeutic problems. We report the case of a seven-year-old Algerian girl with aortoiliac, visceral, and limb aneurysms revealed by a tumefaction in the left popliteal fossa. Aortic rupture subsequently occurred. The aneurysms were resected with subsequent prosthetic or vein graft replacement. Three years later, clinical and functional results of the grafts were satisfactory. Possible etiologies include inflammatory arteritis, dysplasia, or idiopathic primary aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bordeaux
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guys
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Magnan
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008026:Ligation; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous